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J. RJPRANGE.

PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING GOLLARS .AND GUFPS, &c. No. 392,794. PatentedNov. 13, 1888.

y UNITED, STATES "PA ENT FF E? .iosnrn R. FRANCE, or nnw YORK, n. Y.

PROCESS OF 'MA:NUFACTUR|NG COLLARS, ouFFs ,,ec.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110 3923794. dated November13, 1888.

- Original applicaticn filed September 8; i587, Serial No. 249.142.

' '0 all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH It. FRANCE, a itizen of the United States,residing at New Tork, in the county of New York and State of lewYork,have invented new and useful Imrovements in the Process ofManufacturing :ollars, Cuffs, ShirtFronts, &c., of which the )llowing isa specification.

The present invention is a division of the pplication filed by meSeptember 8,1887, Seial No. 249,142,

The invention relates to the manufacture of ollars, cuffs, andshirt-fronts and other ornauental articles from celluloid, cellonite, or.ther pyroxyline compound, such articles beng imprinted with any desiredpatteru-such is wide or narrow stripes, rings, polka-dots, )r anyfanciful pattern-in imitation, both is to design and color, of the linenor percale ahirts, collars, and cufl'snow extensively worn.

The purpose of my invention is to provide I. simple method of producingcelluloid imi- ;atious of figured goods which shall be pernanent anddurable in use and free from the )bjections hitherto experienced in themanu- :'acture of this class of goods. 7 Referring to theaccompanyingdrawings, in which 1 illustrate convenient means. of practicing myinvention, Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing the maunerofpreparing the celluloid. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the die and a sectionof the sheets operated upon by said die. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofthe fin ished article produced by my invention. In the said drawings,the reference-numeral 1 denotes a sheet of celluloid or other pyro ylinecompound having athickness of ,about twenty one white color. To thissheet is cemented an other sheet, 2, having a thickness of about fiveone-thousandths of an inch and of any desired color.

The numeral 5 denotesa die, preferably formed of steel, though it 'maybe made of brass or other metal. Upon the faceof this die is cut inrelief the pattern to be formed--- such as wide or narrow stripes,rings, polkadots, anchors, &c.the height of such relief being sixone-thousaudths of an inch, or a very little greater than the thicknessof the upper sheet of celluloid. This die is placed upon thousandths ofan inch and of Divided and this application filed December 22, 1887.Serial (No specimens.)

the upper or colored sheet of celluloid, with its face resting thereon.Upon the back of the die a second'sheet of zinc is laid, andtwo othercemented sheets of celluloid are imposed 5 5' thereon, prepared in themanner described.

A second die is placed upon the thinner sheet, and the duplication iscontinueduntil the press is full. Heat is then applied until thetemperature throughout is from 299 to 250 Fahrenheit, whereupon pressure'is applied, and the sheets are then allowed to cool and are removedfrom the press. I

It will be found that the dies have formed an intaglio pattern exactlythe reverse of that 6 on their faces, the intaglio being in the coloredand thinner sheet of celluloid. The depth of the impression will beequal to the height ofthe relief-pattern of the die, which is a littlein excess of the thickness of the colored celluloid sheet. It isevident, therefore, that the portions acted upon by the die will beimpressed into the body of the lower and thicker sheet of celluloid, andwill form practically an integral portion thereof. The colored sheet isthen scraped or removed to a depth of five one-thousandths of an inch,leaving the surface of the thicker sheet nearly even and the 'patternappearing thereon. The latter sheet is then placed between muslin orlinen sheets and between zinc plates, and is again heated and subjectedto pressure, giving the surfaces the exact imitation of the texture ofthe fabric.

- The completed article will consist of thesheet V 1,.having' thepattern composed of integral portions of the colored sheet 2, which areburied in or incorporated with the substance of the sheet 1, asshown at6, Fig. 3.

Care should be exercised to have the zinc and dies-or pattern-plates ofaccurateuniform 0 thickness, and some judgment must be used in applyingthe relative degrees of heat and pressure; but any person familiar withthe manipulation of celluloid or other compounds practicing theinvention successfully. The sheets thus prepared are cut up into cuffs,collars, shirt-fronts, and similar articles.

What I claim is 1. The process herein set forth of mauufac- 10o turingimitations of fancy figured goods, said process consisting in cementingtogether a of pyroxyline will meet with no difficulty in a w'hite'and acolored sheet of celluloid or other white sheet, and slightly below thesurface of pyroxyline compound, heating the same, imthelatter, scrapingorotherwise removingithef ressing-the desired figures from the coloredremaining portion of the colored sheet, and 1 sheet into the whitesheet, and slightlyfbelow finally pressing the white sheet with theinotherwise removing the colored sheet,substanfabric, substantially asdescribed.

5 thesu'rface of' the latter, and scraping off or corporated designbetween sheets of textile tially as described I I a 1 Intestimony'whereoflaffix my signaturein- 2; The'p'rocess set forth,consisting in' cepresence of two witnesses. meiiting a thincol oredsheet to a thicker white JOSEPH It FR ANGE; 1o sheet of celluloid orother pyroxyline eom Witnesses:

pound,-heating the sa'nie; impressing the de- 9 GEORGE G. ELLIOTT,

sired figures from'the colored sheet into the HENRY-S. BARNES;

